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| Title: | Eating Fossil Fuels
: Oil, Food & the Coming Crisis in Agriculture |
| Author: | Dale Allen Pfeiffer |
| ISBN: | 0865715653 : 9780865715653 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 128 |
| Weight: | .206 Kg. |
| Published: | New Society Publishers - October 2006 |
| List Price: | 7.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Sustainability: TECHNOLOGY: GENERAL ISSUES |
Every calorie of food produced in the U.S. required ten calories of hydrocarbons. Without oil, the U.S. can only sustain two thirds of its present population and world population should be around two billion. The solution: transition to a sustainable, localised agriculture.
Foreword by Andrew Jones; Introduction; Food = Energy + Nutrients; Land Degradation; Water Degradation; Eating Fossil Fuels; The End of the Oil Age; The Collapse of Agriculture; The Next "Green Revolution"; Building a Sustainable Agriculture; Twelve Fun Activities for Activists; Conclusion.
